Making 1,750 programmable PCB badges for Canada's biggest hackathon

4 comments

• robertclaus 20 minutes ago
  We do a run of 250 similar badges for a non-tech convention every year. ~$10 per badge is about right all in. We've also done runs without ICs (just LEDs, a switch, and button cell battery) for about ~$4 some years.
• FLeXMurphy 34 minutes ago
  > JLCPCB

  Unfortunate that Canada doesn't have its own (at least) small-time fab for these things.

  Looks like Hack The North is located in Waterloo? Their website is very confusing to navigate.
• andrewstuart 18 minutes ago
  I’m curious to know - the author describes many pitfalls.

  But - how much work is this for an experienced PCB designer?

  How long would it take someone skilled to get such a thing designed?
• reactor3dxyz 49 minutes ago
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